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The “TDL-4″ botnet

Published by dante on 30-Jun-2011 13:59 (160 reads)

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The next big target for feds should be this big bastard of a botnet.

Kaspersky Labs is the only software vender to date with a solution for this malware generated giant.

The “TDL-4″ botnet now has more than 4.5 million infected PCs running on it and is the “most sophisticated threat” to computer security today, according to Kaspersky Labs researcher Sergey Golovanov.

Kaspersky’s anti-virus software identifies the botnet as TDSS. “TDSS uses a range of methods to evade signature, heuristic, and proactive detection, and uses encryption to facilitate communication between its bots and the botnet command and control center,” “TDSS also has a powerful rootkit component, which allows it to conceal the presence of any other types of malware in the system.”

The TDL-4 botnet was first seen in 2008, and as it affects the MBR (master boot record) it's very difficult to detect.

It also has its own “anti-virus” that prevents other botnets from taking it over.

Download "TDSSKiller" from here:TDSSKiller

Just do it. You'll sleep better. 


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dante
Published: 2011/7/1 1:36  Updated: 2011/7/1 1:37
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 Re: The “TDL-4″ botnet
Some additional info regarding the reported "invulnerability" of this bot net.

It's not able to react to the end users' abilty to clean their machines. If EVERYONE were to take a couple of hours to hit help desks like the one available here for free:http://infernallogic.com/help/index.php then the botnet would not only cease to grow in size, but would eventually be eliminated.

Of course that probably isn't going to happen due to the lack of "give-a-damn" of the average computer user. It's a shame that folks don't fully utilize the resources available..
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